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Post office ends 24-hour counter serviceThe Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — The US Postal Service will cease round-the-clock service at its last 24-hour post office windows in the country, located in downtown Chicago. Officials with the US Postal Service say they don't have enough customers to justify keeping …Chicago to lose …

Islington Gazette Royal approval for Clerkenwell firm's stamps designIslington Gazette, UKThe 10 new Royal Mail stamps were designed by staff at Studio Dempsey, based in Bowling Green Lane. They feature detailed drawings of endangered plants. More than 450 species of wild plants face national extinction and to highlight this Royal Mail… …

Food stamp use jumps: Hard times push people to seek helpFayObserver.com, NCThe number of people receiving food stamps in the state topped 1.2million last month. That'sa 21 percent increase since the recession began in December 2007, the NC Justice Center said in a news release Wednesday. About 13 percent of the …

East Orange post office robbedNJ.com, NJAn unmasked man yielding a black handgun entered the post office at 8:45 am Tuesday and demanded money from the employee, said Postal Inspection Service public information officer Ed Steed. No one else was in the store at the time. … More: continued here

BBC News Sketch: Still divided after all these yearsPolitics.co.uk, UKAs the prime minister made yet another embarrassing mistake, this time about the Royal Mail losing five million letters a year, they yelled with delight. As David Cameron tried to corner Brown into admitting that "he thinks he's going to lose", …Video: …

The Moray Place Post Office will be opened on Monday for business. The two shops formerly occupying the ground floor of the building have disappeared, and the space is now taken up by the rooms necessary for the business of the office. More: continued here

For the sixth straight year, Mississauga FedEx Express Canada is being recognized as an employer of choice. As recipient of the Contact Center Employer of Choice designation for 2009, the courier company received a nod for serving consumers to the highest standards. More: continued here

Effective May 31, the West Hudson Post Office on 255 Kearny Avenue will shorten their hours of operation from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Monday to Friday and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon. More: continued here

The New York Times’ City Room Blog has put warehouse retailer Costco in the spotlight by revealing that they don’t accept food stamps. According to Costco, their reasons for not accepting food stamps have to do with the necessary equipment being too expensive, the fact that they operate on a …

Postal Services Bill clears LordsMedia Newswire (press release), NY"The Government remains convinced that the huge challenges facing Royal Mail must be addressed by a comprehensive package of reform. Letter volumes are expected to fall by as much as 10% every year as people turn to email and other forms of … …